
New riverside development in China will be an urban renewal
Architects VenhoevenCS have won a major riverside redevelopment in Shenzhen, China. They hope to protect...

Shma’s Bangkok Green Link wants to add over 30 miles of greenways to Bangkok
At the 2019 Thai Urban Designers Association exhibition, landscape architecture studio Shma unveiled the Bangkok...

LOT-EK upcycles 140 shipping containers into an apartment complex in South Africa
A massive, modular residential building has risen in Johannesburg, South Africa with aims of revitalizing Maboneng...

Toronto's waterfront to undergo major futuristic redesign thanks to Google's Sidewalk Labs
In collaboration with Sidewalk Labs, a start-up created by Google to "accelerate innovation in cities around the...

West 8 turns a dark and unsafe square in Belgium into a vibrant outdoor lounge
The site is part of the old industrial district, known as Vaartkom, located within walking distance of the city's...

Mansard roofs and extravagant vertical meshes spiff up vintage Haussmann buildings in Paris
The urban renewal project is spread over 182 acres on the side of the former Renault factories. The Rive Seine...

The Plugin prefab modular system lets you renovate old spaces without tearing anything down
The award winning prefab modular system is aimed at urban regeneration and is the main feature of the Dashilar...

A surprising tapestry of brick clads the House for Solidarity in France
The house is located at the center of the Saint-Jean district, on the high plains of Beauvais, where an Angel military...

MVRDV to transform a shopping mall into a lush lagoon and beach in Taiwan
MVRDV won the bid for the transformation of the Tainan Axis together with The Urbanist Collaborative and LLJ Architects....

Giant AT-AT-like recycled tin structure hides an unexpected sauna in Sweden
Although the saunas we’re used to are made from wood, Raumlabor chose instead to clad the outside of Göteborg’s...

MVRDV wins bid to design Seoul’s High Line-inspired park
Seoul is no stranger to the adaptive reuse of transit corridors: ten years ago, the city famously tore down a 14-lane...

Guerilla gardening: strategies for greening up your neighborhood
Regardless of whether you are an urban, suburban, or rural dweller, there is inevitably a patch of neglected turf...

Mid-century grain silo transformed into a gorgeous, affordable home for two
Kaiser purchased the dismantled 1955 grain silo online from a Kansas farmer that was then transported down to Arizona...

Open House Renovates an Abandoned Building into a Transforming Open Air Theater
Matthew Mazzotta, an artist whose practice focuses on participatory community design, has teamed up with the Coleman...

How the Cheonggyecheon River Urban Design Restored the Green Heart of Seoul
The Cheonggyecheon project is remarkable for its dramatic transformation from a seedy industrial eyesore to a nature-filled...